Maria Bamford, playing one of the versions of herself that she does on her absurdist/earnest Netflix series Lady Dynamite, befriends a raccoon during her show’s second season premiere. She cooks elaborate meals for it and invests so much into her relationship with it threatens to come between her and Scott (Ólafur…

I used to work at the desk of a successful comedy theater answering phones. We got a lot of random callers, as you can imagine, and one afternoon someone rang just to ask, “How much do you get paid for stand up comedy?” It was the funniest thing I’d heard in weeks.

The trailer for Maria Bamford’s upcoming Netflix comedy Lady Dynamite has finally arrived and—based on this short two minutes of weird, honest, and funny footage—the series will be a perfect encapsulation of Bamford’s well (and deservedly) adored humor.

If you're unfamiliar with Maria Bamford, do yourself a favor and familiarize yourself immediately. The standup — who's been working in the business for decades — has a solid following among fellow comics (she's been on Louie and Marc Maron's WTF podcast) and hardcore comedy fans, yet her career has never quite taken…